just transition
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Resisting fossil fuel extractivism: mapping diverse perspectives and their transformative possibilities
CASAS’ member Amod Shah has recently published this article in Third World Quarterly’. It argues that contemporary resistance to fossil fuel extractivism tends to be characterised by either a supply-side policy, just transition, or environmental justice oriented perspective. It also applies this typology of perspectives to analyse the diversity of anti-coal mobilisations in India, and…
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Frogs, coalitions, and mining: Transformative insights for planetary health and earth system law from Ecuador’s struggle to enforce Nature’s rights
Amaya Carrasco-Torrontegui, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Earth System Governance with her colleagues Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrío, Mario A. Moncayo-Altamirano, Andrea Terán-Valdez, Gustavo Redin-Guerrero, Carlos Varela, & Stephen Posner Abstract: Pachamama, Mother Earth, faces a mass extinction threat. A radical transformation in human systems is essential, guided by equity and justice at local and…
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Another palm is possible: small-scale palm oil farmers exercising autonomy in northeast Colombia
New publication alert! Check out this recent article by Angela Serrano, CASAS member: Abstract: This paper investigates how some small-scale palm oil growers in northeast Colombia have managed to exercise partial autonomy from global markets while still participating in them. By comparing the varied experiences of these farmers, I find that, state-led land access and…